Junior Technical Writer

Sanah Ali

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Reston, VA 20190

Education B.A., Professional and Technical Writing, B.A., Literature and Language with Language Sciences minor, May 2017

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

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Smart Charity July 2016- July 2017

Charitable Registrations Specialist

• Completed all state charitable registration requirements for clients.

• Collaborated with Managing Partner to optimize registration processes.

• Reviewed state statutes on charitable registration to ensure compliance.

• Conducted research about state charitable registration for clients. Virginia Tech, Katrina Powell, Ph.D. Spring 2017

Research Assistant

• Developed a workshop proposal to be submitted to the United Nations for collecting and curating refugee autobiographical narratives.

Virginia Tech, Katie Carmichael, Ph.D. Spring 2016 Research Assistant

• Collaborated with Primary Investigator to collect and analyze data about linguistic network shifts in Post-Katrina New Orleans.

Cağrı Koleji July 2014- August 2014

English Teacher

• Presided over a classroom of 20 elementary-aged Turkish students at a private elementary school to help them achieve English language proficiency.

• Developed the students’ English language skills in both oral and reading comprehension.

Today’s Zaman June 2014- July 2014

Editorial Intern

• Conducted preliminary fact checking and research at Turkey’s leading English daily.

• Created original content for social media accounts. Student Communication Advisory Board Fall 2016, Spring 2017 Student Advisor

• Counseling Division of Student Affairs’ Directors on programming, marketing efforts, and communication with the student body at Virginia Tech. Muslim Student Association at VT December 2015- December 2016 Vice President

• Managed and delegated tasks to a board comprised of 8 members.

• Advocated for MSA and MSA student needs to University Administration.

• Created and maintained vision for the direction of the organization. HTML Text Wrangler, Komodo, Proficient

XML Oxygen XML Editor, DITA XML, Proficient

Adobe Creative Suite, Highly Proficient

Microsoft Office, Highly Proficient

Dean’s List Fall 2016, Spring 2017

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